Reproposing items for art has been popular ever since (and probably before) Marcel Duchamp's Fountain. What about reproposing art for art though? That is a new trend. Duchamp took a toilet and turned it into art, these dubious artists are using thrift store paintings and making them almost pop-art like productions with monsters and ghouls.

Can't help but feel scammed on this. I did a series of paintings in 2009, had a local show in Mass in early 2010 and then saw everyone else doing this afterwards. Gah... what can you do? Check out the Cross-Cultural Contamination series: http://jonathanhansenart.com/